Keith LeBlanc and the Temple of Boom

KEITH LEBLANC - KEITH LEBLANC AND THE TEMPLE OF BOOM
Drumdrops, 2005

The Temple of Boom contains more than 20 full length Hip-Hop drum tracks, from P-Funk and West Coast Classics to heavyweight east coast beats ranging from 71-106 bpm. Organized by bpm in convenient session folders each containing separate Kick, Snare, Hat, Stereo Overhead, Toms, and Mono Room tracks. More than 7 gigabytes worth of tape saturated beats.

Includes tempo-mapped ProTools LE, Logic 6 and Cubase SE session files.

Recorded and mixed on a 1970s Neve console, analog tape, vintage microphones and outboard gear including multiple Pultec equalizers, Fairchild compressors, Ludwig and Gretsch kits were used with vintage Zildjian cymbals and snares by Ludwig, Rogers and Slingerland.

TRACKS DISC 1

  • 71 bpm Hypnotic Hip-Hop groove with rimshot, snare and ride variations
  • 78 bpm Swinging east coast groove with rimshot and jazzy ride
  • 82 bpm Slow trip-hop groove with low tuned snare, ride and hi-hat patterns
  • 83 bpm Bouncy east coast beat with high tuned snare and hi-hat breaks
  • 84 bpm Swinging trip-hop with jazzy ride, big hats and rimshot outro
  • 86 bpm Old skool shuffle influenced beat with fat snare and ride intro
  • 87 bpm Bouncy east coast groove with tight snare, rimshot and ride
  • 90 bpm Hypnotic trip-hop groove with low tuned snare, breaks and ride
  • 91 bpm Classic Hip-Hop with swinging bass drum, tight rimshot and snare
  • 91 bpm West coast groove with fat snare, 15" hi-hats and Crash of Doom
  • 92 bpm West coast beat with rimshot, hi-hat and ride variations
  • 92 bpm Heavyweight west coast groove with hi-hat breaks and 15" hi-hats

TRACKS DISC 2

  • 93 bpm Swinging east coast influenced rimshot groove with tight hats
  • 93 bpm East coast groove with busy bass drum pattern and hi-hat breaks
  • 94 bpm West coast flavour with fat snare, hi-hat intro and breaks
  • 94.5 bpm Swinging rimshot beat with 24" bass drum and 70s tom sound
  • 96 bpm Old skool groove with swinging hats, 24" bass drum and ride
  • 97 bpm Classic P-Funk beat with 15" hi-hats with breakdowns
  • 97.5 bpm Heavy west coast flavour with fat snare and hi-hat variations
  • 98 bpm Bouncy P-Funk groove with fat snare, 15" hi-hats with breakdowns
  • 98 bpm Heavy west coast flavour with bass drum intro and open hats
  • 101 bpm P-Funk with big tom fills, breakdowns with dampened snare sound
  • 101 bpm Classic block party beat with heavy snare and 70s tom sound
  • 106 bpm Up tempo trip-hop groove with fat snare and hi-hat breakdowns